I want you to say, “North Dakota Crop Protection Product Harmonization and Registration Board” 7 times in a row real fast. Ready? Go.

Terry Weckerly, Vice President of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association was named to the North Dakota Crop Protection Product Harmonization and Registration Board. The North Dakota Crop Protection Product Harmonization and Registration Board was created by the state Legislature specifically to address and resolve pesticide availability and pricing fairness issues for the state’s farmers. The bi-partisan board consists of elected state officials and farmers who have a common mission of working with regulators and pesticide manufacturers to make effective products available at fair prices. It seeks to promote the registration of new, safe crop protection products for farmers to use on the more than 70 crops that are raised in North Dakota. Primarily, the board is focused on efforts to harmonize the availability and pricing of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides to match those of our world competitors, most notably in Canada, our immediate neighbor to the north.